Cyberbullying Effects Prevention

Project CREEP (Cyberbullying Effects Prevention) aims at preventing the negative impacts of cyberbullying on young people, by monitoring social media and deploying a personalised virtual coaching system for managing the most at-risk situations.

Project

CREEP – Cyberbullying Effects Prevention

Project CREEP (Cyberbulling Effects Prevention) aims at identifying and preventing the possible negative impacts of cyberbullying on young people. It seeks to realise advanced technologies for the early detection of cyberbullying phenomena through the monitoring of social media and the communication of preventive advices and personalized recommendations tailored to adolescents’ needs through a virtual coaching system (chatbot).
Thanks also to the support of the Department of Health and Social Solidarity and the Department of Knowledge of the Autonomous Province of Trento (Italy), Trentino region will become a living lab where cyberbullying will be analysed not only on the Web, but also through a survey administered to a representative sample of students and in-depth interviews with experts in the fields of education and health. In addition, students and teachers of some pilot classes of local middle and high schools will take part in educational and exploratory workshops, aimed at raising awareness on the phenomenon and testing the technological tools developed.

Who is it for?

Project CREEP is addressed to students, teachers and parents, as well as to all operators in the field of education and health that act at the local level to prevent and combat cyberbullying.

Who are we?

CREEP is coordinated by the ICT Center of Fondazione Bruno Kessler in Trento – Italy, in partnership with the Italian company Expert System, the eCrime research group of the University of Trento, the French research center Inria and the German startup Neuronation.

Who is funding the project?

CREEP is funded under the Digital Wellbeing Action Line of EIT Digital. The project will be implemented from January to December 2018.

CREEP officially launched

The CREEP Consortium will hold its kick-off meeting on 16th January at Fondazione Bruno Kessler – FBK ICT Center in Trento, Italy. The Consortium is coordinated by FBK, in partnership with the Italian company Expert System, the eCrime research group of the University of Trento, the French research center Inria and the German startup NeuroNation.